Where does “timjan” come from?

timjan (Swedish) comes from Middle High German thimiān, from Latin thȳmiāma, from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

timjan (Swedish): thyme (plant and spice)

Definitions

  1. thyme (plant and spice)

Ancestry of “timjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanthimiān—
2Latinthȳmiāmaincense; fumigant
3Ancient Greekθυμίαμαthat which is burnt as incense or fumigation
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “timjan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα →